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By Jon Herskovitz (Reuters) - An Ohio monument unveiled this week to Americans who fought and died in the Korean War has drawn calls for it to be replaced because of glaring omissions and historical inaccuracies including images from the Vietnam War and Desert Storm. The black granite slab at Ross County Veterans Memorial Park in Chillicothe, Ohio, has sparked criticism from some families of those killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War because names of locals who died in the fighting were left off a plaque honoring area war dead.

Fourteen men have been charged with misdemeanors in a hazing incident that left a fraternity pledge at a small southwestern Ohio college seriously injured, prosecutors said on Friday. All 14 men were charged with hazing, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, and one man accused of hitting the pledge in the scrotum with a knotted towel was also charged with misdemeanor assault, prosecutors confirmed. The incident happened during a Halloween party held at the off-campus house of the Gamma Phi Gamma fraternity at Wilmington College, authorities said.

By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to political corruption charges involving a property deal made while he was a county commissioner in the area. Mayor John McNally was released on a $15,000 bond after a hearing in Cuyahoga County court in Cleveland. McNally, a Democrat, had been a commissioner in Mahoning County, which includes Youngstown, from 2005 until becoming mayor in January. Earlier in May, McNally, Mahoning County auditor Michael Sciortino and Youngstown attorney Martin Yavorcik were charged in an 83-count indictment alleging a pattern of corruption, including bribery, record tampering and money laundering.

A Maryland man was charged on Tuesday with threatening to hijack a Chicago -bound passenger bus in downtown Columbus , Ohio , with a pellet gun in an incident that left him and a passenger wounded by police, according to authorities and bus company officials. Arsenio Rodriguez , 26, was charged with felony robbery after he pointed a pellet gun at a bus driver's head on Monday morning and demanded to go to Indianapolis , Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said.

A year ago, Big Ten fans would have been wise to watch "Everybody Loves Raymond" reruns rather than the NFL draft. Teams were hardly in love with anyone from the league of Bo and Woody. Wisconsin center Travis Frederick was the first player taken - and he went 31st overall. The Big Ten fared way better Thursday night, garnering four first-round picks - Michigan left tackle Taylor Lewan (No. 11, Titans); Ohio State linebacker Ryan Shazier (No. 15, Steelers); Michigan State cornerback Darqueze Dennard (No. 24, Bengals)

The United Center is hosting another banner college tournament. The first CBS Sports Classic will be held Dec. 20 in Chicago. Kentucky, which under the guidance of coach John Calipari advanced to the NCAA title game in April, will play Steve Alford's UCLA team. In the second game, North Carolina will play Ohio State. The four teams have combined for 25 NCAA tournament championships. The event is similar to the Champions Classic, which features Kentucky, Duke, Michigan State and Kansas.

(Reuters) - An employee at an Ohio medical center that serves U.S. veterans in Dayton was shot in the leg on Monday in a struggle with a former staff member in a basement break room, prompting a temporary lockdown, authorities said. The former worker was taken into custody without incident after he sought psychiatric services at another Dayton hospital, Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl told a news conference. The Dayton VA Medical Center was locked down for about 2-1/2 hours while officers searched buildings as a precaution to make sure there were no other suspects or victims, but has since returned to full operations, the medical center said in a statement.

It looked as if Northwestern would be staggering its way into the NCAA lacrosse tournament. The Wildcats were down three goals to Ohio State 12 minutes into the second half of Friday night's American Lacrosse Conference semifinal, and they looked ineffectual, disorganized and sloppy. Then one Wildcat senior, Alyssa Leonard, did what she always has done best, and another, Christy Turner, did what she never had done before, and Northwestern scrambled its way past the 10th-ranked Buckeyes 9-8 at Lakeside Field.